Tube filler



Jan. 1, 1924 v 1,479,335

v F. J. s'roKEs TUBE FILLER Filed July 12 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 1,1924 1,479,335

F. J. STOKES TUBE FILLER Filed July 12 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 O-umlws SWW Arrow/var.

Jan. 1, 1924 1,479,335

F. J. sToKEs o TUBE FILLER Filed July l2 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

TUBE FILLER.

Application filed July 12, 1921.

To al@ whom it may con-cem.'

e 1t known that I, FRANCIS J. STOKES, a

y citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tube Fillers, of" which the following is a specification.

he principal object of the present invention is to provide a machine for supplying at each operation a definite but adjustable quantity of paste or the like for lling tubes or containers or for other purposes, and to this and other ends hereinafter set forth, the invention comprises in combination a rotative feeder for feeding the paste or the like, mechanism started by the operator for driving said feeder, control means for compeldescribed which are machines driven by power as well as machines driven by the operator.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connection with the embodiments chosen from among other embodiments for illustration in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in whic Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a power driven machine embodying features of the invention.

l? ig. 2 is an end view of the same, partly in section and with parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side view illustrating a modification in which the machine is not driven y power.

Fig. 4 is a top or chine shown in Fig. and

Fig. 5 is a side View of machine shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings 1, generally, feeder having an outlet 2 and casing 4 and including, as principal parts, two intermeshing toothed wheels 5 and 6 which exel paste through the outlet 2. The element 3 is not essential and can be omitted and is only present where the feeder is working on material that will not feed properly without it. As shown the part 6 is fast on the shaft 7. The mechanism which is started by the operator for driving` the shaft 7 will plan View of the ma- 3 with parts removed,

the base of the is a rotative vaffairs continues for one Serial No. 484,105.

now be described. 8

turning on the shaft 7 and low parts which permit the pawl to come transmits this motion to the pawl 14. The

pawl 14, occupying the space provided byv low portions of the rings 16 and 17, engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel l5 which in turn drives the shaft 7 and with lit the toothed wheels 5 and 6. This condition of revolution of the clutchwheel 11, which is operation the pin 19 disengages the dog 9 so that the sleeve 8 stands still. To start another cycle the operator operates the gear appliance or furnishing 20, withdrawing the pin 19 and permitting the clutch dog to come into action. lt has been said that the sleeve 8, when started, makes one complete revolution but the extent of turning of the shaft 7 and therefore the quantity of material fed from the filler is controlled by the adjustment of the rings 16 and 17, the high parte parts which hold the pawl 7 is a sleeve loose for of which throw the pa-Wl 14 out of action and so permit the shaft 7 to comete rest without completing a full revolution and after completing a pre-determined and adjustable part of a revolution.

In general the construction and mode of operation of the modification shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are as above described with the following exceptions or modifications: The pawl 14 is caused to make a complete stroke when the pedal 20a is pushed by the operator into contact with its limit stop as 22. The pawl 14a is carried by an arm 13a pivoted concentrically with the shaft 7 and having its free end connected by a rod or link 21 With the spring retracted pedal 20a. Thus the pedal 2()a is mechanism started by the operator and in fact actuated by the operator. The limit stop as 22 is a control means which compels the pedal and pawl 14a to complete a cycle of movement.

As shown the shaft 7a is turned through the full stroke of the paWl 14, but if desired rings or paWl guards such as 16 and 17 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 can be used in the manner there indicated in connection With the pawl 14'"i shown in Fig. 3 for the purpose described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2.

In use the operator starts the machine by moving the part 2O or 20a. Thereupon there is delivered from the Voutlet tube a certain quantity of paste hich may be received in a tube applied to the outlet. The machine then stops and the operator applies another tube and again sets thek machine in motion.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modilications may be made in details of construction and arrangement Without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited as to such matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claim may require.

I claim:

In a machine for filling containers with paste or the like the combination of a rotative feeder having intermeshing toothed Wheels operating t0 suck paste or the like into the housing of the rotative feeder and to expel the same from the housing of the rotative feeder in quantity determined by the ldistance through which the Wheels move, an outlet nozzle communicating with the interior of the housing o the rotative feeder and adapted to receive paste or the like eX- pelled by the toothed Wheels and to discharge it into a container, an inlet provided for the housing and through which paste or the like is sucked by the toothed Wheels, and means for intermittently rotating said toothed Wheels in the same direction through definite distances to eject definite and uniform. quantities of paste or the like.

FRANCIS J. STOKES` 

